Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] drm/i915/gvt: export mdev device version to sysfs for Intel vGPU

Yan Zhao
2019-05-08T12:08:43Z

On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 05:27:53PM +0800, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Sun, 5 May 2019 21:51:02 -0400
> Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com> wrote:
>
> > This feature implements the version attribute for Intel's vGPU mdev
> > devices.
> >
> > version attribute is rw.
> > It's used to check device compatibility for two mdev devices.
> > version string format and length are private for vendor driver. vendor
> > driver is able to define them freely.
> >
> > For Intel vGPU of gen8 and gen9, the mdev device version
> > consists of 3 fields: "vendor id" + "device id" + "mdev type".
> >
> > Reading from a vGPU's version attribute, a string is returned in below
> > format: <vendor id>-<device id>-<mdev type>. e.g.
> > 8086-193b-i915-GVTg_V5_2.
> >
> > Writing a string to a vGPU's version attribute will trigger GVT to check
> > whether a vGPU identified by the written string is compatible with
> > current vGPU owning this version attribute. errno is returned if the two
> > vGPUs are incompatible. The length of written string is returned in
> > compatible case.
> >
> > For other platforms, and for GVT not supporting vGPU live migration
> > feature, errnos are returned when read/write of mdev devices' version
> > attributes.
> >
> > For old GVT versions where no version attributes exposed in sysfs, it is
> > regarded as not supporting vGPU live migration.
> >
> > For future platforms, besides the current 2 fields in vendor proprietary
> > part, more fields may be added to identify Intel vGPU well for live
> > migration purpose.
> >
> > v2:
> > 1. removed 32 common part of version string
> > (Alex Williamson)
> > 2. do not register version attribute for GVT not supporting live
> > migration.(Cornelia Huck)
> > 3. for platforms out of gen8, gen9, return -EINVAL --> -ENODEV for
> > incompatible. (Cornelia Huck)
>
> Should go below '---'.
>
got it. will change it in next revision.

> >
> > Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
> > Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> > Cc: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com>
> > Cc: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: "Wang, Zhi A" <zhi.a.wang@intel.com>
> > c: Neo Jia <cjia@nvidia.com>
> > Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/Makefile | 2 +-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/device_version.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c | 51 +++++++++++++
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h | 6 ++
> > 4 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/device_version.c
> >
>
> (...)
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/device_version.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/device_version.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..bd4cdcbdba95
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/device_version.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright(c) 2011-2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > + *
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> > + *
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> > + *
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> > + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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> > + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> > + * SOFTWARE.
> > + *
> > + * Authors:
> > + * Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
> > + */
> > +#include <linux/vfio.h>
> > +#include "i915_drv.h"
> > +
> > +static bool is_compatible(const char *self, const char *remote)
> > +{
> > + if (strlen(remote) != strlen(self))
> > + return false;
> > +
> > + return (strncmp(self, remote, strlen(self))) ? false : true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +ssize_t intel_gvt_get_vfio_device_version_len(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> > +{
> > + if (!IS_GEN(dev_priv, 8) && !IS_GEN(dev_priv, 9))
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + return PAGE_SIZE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +ssize_t intel_gvt_get_vfio_device_version(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> > + char *buf, const char *mdev_type)
> > +{
> > + int cnt = 0, ret = 0;
> > + const char *str = NULL;
> > +
> > + /* currently only gen8 & gen9 are supported */
> > + if (!IS_GEN(dev_priv, 8) && !IS_GEN(dev_priv, 9))
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + /* vendor id + device id + mdev type */
> > + /* vendor id */
> > + cnt = snprintf(buf, 5, "%04x", PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL);
> > + buf += cnt;
> > + ret += cnt;
> > +
> > + /* device id */
> > + cnt = snprintf(buf, 6, "-%04x", INTEL_DEVID(dev_priv));
> > + buf += cnt;
> > + ret += cnt;
> > +
> > + /* mdev type */
> > + str = mdev_type;
> > + cnt = snprintf(buf, strlen(str) + 3, "-%s\n", mdev_type);
> > + buf += cnt;
> > + ret += cnt;
> > +
> > + return ret;
>
> I'm not familiar with this driver; but would it make sense to pre-build
> the version on init? It does not look to me like the values could
> change dynamically.
>
yes. I intended to save some memory by not pre-building the version on init, as
migration is a rare event. but as these version strings are not big, moving them
to init is also good. I'll do it in next revision.
thanks:)

> > +}
> > +
> > +ssize_t intel_gvt_check_vfio_device_version(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> > + const char *self, const char *remote)
> > +{
> > +
> > + /* currently only gen8 & gen9 are supported */
> > + if (!IS_GEN(dev_priv, 8) && !IS_GEN(dev_priv, 9))
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + if (!is_compatible(self, remote))
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> Return values look reasonable to me. I'll leave discussions regarding
> where the attribute should go to folks familiar with this driver.
ok. thanks :)